Background

Need for LHS

Evidence

Hospital finances and productivity: in a critical condition?

Lafond, S., et al.

Abstract

The NHS in England faces the huge challenge of meeting rising demand in a period of sustained financial pressure. The service is projected to overspend its budget by £626m in 2014/15, despite £250m additional Treasury funding and an extra £650m from transferred planned capital investment.

In this report we examine the financial performance of NHS providers, focusing on hospitals. We identify areas of cost pressure using their financial accounts up to 2013/14 and quarterly reporting data up to December 2014 (Q3 2014/15). We also examine trends in efficiency and productivity from 2009/10 to 2013/14.